Google’s entrant will be Atlas, which it acquired via the purchase of Boston Dynamics, first reported early Saturday by the New York Times. Boston Dynamics is the company behind such Internet-famous robots as Big Dog, Petman, WildCat, Cheetah and Sand Flea, which together have racked up tens of millions of views on YouTube.

Google didn’t disclose terms of the deal, but it marks the company’s eighth robotics acquisition over the past few months. We only learned of the company’s robotics efforts, led by former Android executive Andy Rubin, a couple of weeks ago when it was first announced.

Rubin hasn’t disclosed what products might come from his robotics effort, but he has said that initial development won’t go on for years according to the New York Times story, suggesting we’ll see these robots in commercial applications in the not too distant future.